Copyright 2012 The Legal Project Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:51:02 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Legal Project :: Writings http://www.legal-project.org huff@meforum.org (The Legal Project) webmaster@meforum.org en-us http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2012/02/the-osce-yet-another-avenue-for-islamists-to Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:59:02 EST Although more attention goes to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) prominent attempts to police speech in Western nations regarding Islam-related topics through the UN and the "Istanbul Process", Muslim and Islamist desires to restrict http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2012/01/north-american-muslims-join-efforts-to-support Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:28:33 EST Politics can be a dangerous business in Pakistan. As the "memogate" controversy shows no signs of abating, a group of American and Canadian Muslims joined the push for U.S. government intervention on behalf of Husain Haqqani, the former Pakistani http://www.legal-project.org/2058/thought-control-on-islam Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:55:46 EST January 10, 2012 was a big day for terrorist Anders Breivik, the diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic (but now being reevaluated), who on July 22, 2011, bombed the Norwegian Prime Minister's office and, soon after on that same day, gunned down about seventy http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2011/12/update-on-state-department-oic-conference-in-dc Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:37:29 EST The Legal Project recently reported that the Obama Administration would be holding meetings this week in Washington on "implementing" UN Human Rights Council Resolution 16/18. (See Why is the Obama Administration Giving the OIC a Say in Our Right to Free http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2011/12/why-is-the-obama-administration-giving-the-oic Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:27:47 EST Starting on December 12th in Washington, DC, a meeting is being held that jeopardizes freedom of speech as we currently understand it in the United States. The Obama Administration has invited the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC," http://www.legal-project.org/1904/once-again-islamists-bully-europe-on-free-speech Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:29:19 EST Recently, French Islamists (presumably) firebombed the office of French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo for its speech. Simultaneously, Charlie Hebdo's website was also taken down in a cyber-attack by a Turkish hacker. The firebombing and hacking http://www.legal-project.org/1736/david-letterman-gets-it-exactly-right Tue, 4 Oct 2011 15:55:05 EST Kudos to American television comedian David Letterman! On June 5, 2011, Letterman smiled and drew his finger across his own throat on his CBS program "Late Show with David Letterman" to celebrate the U.S. military's reported killing of Ilyas Kashmiri, an http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2011/10/gmu-law-holds-its-ground-on-free-speech Tue, 4 Oct 2011 14:03:04 EST At a time when many educational institutions have succumbed to mildewing political correctness and cower in the face of pressure to censor controversial speech, at least one school still maintains free and open debate on campus. That school is George http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2011/09/geert-wilders-acquittal-an-important-first-step Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:23:48 EST On June 23rd, the Amsterdam District Court acquitted Dutch MP Geert Wilders, bringing to a close a nearly two-year ordeal. The decision was a clear victory for Wilders who had faced both fines and imprisonment for charges of "group defamation" and http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2011/06/wilders-in-wonderland Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:24:36 EST At Big Peace, Ned May imaginatively compared the Austrian "hate speech" trial of Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff for her comments regarding Islam to the infamous Trial of the Stolen Tarts, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This fictional trial is a http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2011/05/another-bite-at-the-apple-hedegaard-found-guilty Tue, 10 May 2011 15:48:13 EST Last week, Lars Hedegaard, president and founder of the Danish and International Free Press Societies was convicted of "hate speech" under Article 266 b of the Danish penal code and fined the equivalent of about $1000. (See IFPS's press release here.) http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2011/04/time-to-take-a-stand-for-free-speech Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:56:18 EST In 2011, fringe Florida Pastor Terry Jones finally burned a Koran in Florida. He had first threatened to burn a Koran the year before but had been persuaded to desist by the pleas of numerous prominent Americans, especially members of our governing elite http://www.legal-project.org/1344/blasphemy-in-pakistan Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:48:39 EST These days, one word that symbolizes Pakistan for the rest of the world is "blasphemy." This is altogether fitting, for if there is one "modern" government whose actions are truly blasphemous to God (or to whatever your conception of a higher power is), http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2011/03/february-was-hate-speech-month-in-europe Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:05:28 EST February 2011 apparently was "Hate Speech Month in Europe," as a trio of "hate speech" trials in Europe made some big news. On February 15, Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff (ESW) was found guilty of hate speech against religion in Austria because of statements http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2011/03/eternal-vigilance-in-the-defense-of-free-speech Thu, 3 Mar 2011 13:50:10 EST In January Lars Hedegaard, president and founder of the Danish and International Free Press Societies, was acquitted of charges brought under Article 266(b) of the Danish penal code, a "hate speech" provision. Just this past December, Danish MP, Jesper http://www.legal-project.org/1098/the-kevin-bacon-of-american-jihad Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:26:42 EST Revolution Muslim, a U.S.-based radical Islamic jihadist organization, has become the Kevin Bacon of Islamic fundamentalism. Whenever jihadist groups threaten free speech in America or Europe, you can bet an associate of Revolution Muslim is somehow http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2011/01/islamists-on-the-march-blog-post Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:55:05 EST During the last two months, all around the world, the Islamists are on the march: · In Denmark, five Islamists were arrested for hatching what Danish officials called a plan to "kill as many people as possible" in an assault on the Danish newspaper the http://www.legal-project.org/1060/http-dailycallercom-2011-01-11-the-latest Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:44:29 EST On December 29, Scandinavian authorities arrested five terrorists planning an attack in Denmark. Almost as interesting as what they targeted is what they spared and the lessons it holds for future counterterrorism efforts. The plot was to storm the http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2010/12/appeasement-will-not-stop-islamists Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:01:26 EST Molly Norris was right, initially at least. The original idea behind "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" was simple. It was a message about the importance of solidarity in defense of something of great value—the cornerstone of our individual liberties—freedom http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2010/12/i-confess-too Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:17:22 EST I must confess. Rhetorically, that is. I don't want to give European prosecutors any ideas should I travel abroad! Perhaps you should confess, too. If you have ever publicly expressed an opinion that somebody, somewhere, might deem offensive, chances are